A review of autonomous agricultural vehicles (The experience of Hokkaido University)

A Roshanianfard, N Noguchi, H Okamoto… - Journal of Terramechanics, 2020 - Elsevier
Robotic farming will play an undeniably significant role in future sustainable agriculture.
Autonomous agricultural vehicles for arable crops and their components are reviewed …

Pumpkin harvesting robotic end-effector

A Roshanianfard, N Noguchi - Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 2020 - Elsevier
The development of an end-effector with a unique harvesting methodology based on the
properties of pumpkin was presented in this paper. The components of the end-effector …

[PDF][PDF] A 4-DoF SCARA robotic arm for various farm applications: designing, kinematic modelling, and parameterization

A Roshanianfard, D Mengmeng… - Acta Technologica …, 2021 - sciendo.com
The agriculture industry has faced various challenges nowadays. This research is the first
part of a project that presents the designing process, kinematic modelling, and …

Characterization of pumpkin for a harvesting robot

A Roshanianfard, N Noguchi - IFAC-PapersOnLine, 2018 - Elsevier
Designing an agricultural robot must be supported by characterization of target crop. In this
study, three verities of pumpkin including JEJEJ, TC2A, and Hokutokou were taken under …

Heavy-weight crop harvesting robot-controlling algorithm

T Kamata, A Roshanianfard, N Noguchi - IFAC-PapersOnLine, 2018 - Elsevier
The Japanese agriculture is facing serious concerns such as labor shortage. The
agricultural robotic systems can be an answer for this issue because it can increase the …

Performance evaluation of harvesting robot for heavy-weight crops

A Roshanianfard, T Kamata, N Noguchi - IFAC-PapersOnLine, 2018 - Elsevier
A harvesting robot for heavy-weight crops (HRHC) was developed and evaluated in this
study. This robot consists of a robot tractor as a mobile platform, a specifically developed …

ROBI': A prototype mobile manipulator for agricultural applications

L Bascetta, M Baur, G Gruosso - Electronics, 2017 - mdpi.com
The design of ROBI', a prototype mobile manipulator for agricultural applications devised
following low-cost, low-weight, simplicity, flexibility and modularity requirements, is …